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. 2020 Apr;21(4):953–960. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.4.953

Table 3.

Complication of Systemic Treatment

Total BMI (kg/m2)
P-value
(N = 352) < 25
≥ 25
N=185 N=167
Complication No 187 (53.1) 89 (48.1) 98 (58.7) 0.047*
Chemotherapy Yes 165 (46.9) 96 (51.9) 69 (41.3)
Neutropenia Grade 2 5 (1.4) 2 (1.1) 3 (1.8) < 0.001*
Grade 3 5 (1.4) 3 (1.6) 2 (1.2)
Grade 4 123 (34.9) 81 (43.8) 42 (25.1)
Febrile neutropenia No 319 (90.6) 162 (87.6) 157 (94) 0.038*
Yes 33 (9.4) 23 (12.4) 10 (6)
Cardiomyopathy No 349 (99.1) 184 (99.5) 165 (98.8) 0.503
Yes 3 (0.9) 1 (0.5) 2 (1.2)
Dose reduction No 190 (54) 91 (49.2) 99 (59.3) 0.058
Yes 162 (46) 94 (50.8) 68 (40.7)
1st Cycle 8 0 8
Other cycle 154 94 60
Complication No 283 (92.8) 148 (91.9) 135 (93.8) 0.539
Hormonal treatment
Yes 22 (7.2) 13 (8.1) 9 (6.2)
VTE 2 2 0
Hepatitis 8 4 4
Osteoporosis 11 7 4
Endometrial cancer 2 1 1

VTE, Venous thromboembolism; *p-value < 0.05 statistical significance